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Generally favorable reviews- based on 27 Ratings
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Oblivion With BellsYour Score0 out of 10User ScoreGenerally favorable reviews- based on 27 Ratings
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MattC.Oct 18, 2007I love Underworld, I really do and there are some storming moments on this album, but Karl Hyde really needs to stop writing lyrics that sound like he's borrowed them off The Mighty Boosh.
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MeyerM.Oct 21, 2007Sadly, Oblivion just provides more proof that the magic left with the departure of Darren Emerson. For a band that was a seminal force a decade ago in electronic music, little on this album comes close to touching anything on Skyscraper or SecondToughest.
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Underworld never sound particularly tired on Oblivion with Bells. Granted, the music is less innovative than before, and also more quiet, which makes Hyde's vocals more critical than they've ever been.
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The best tracks on Oblivion with Bells are also the most ambitious....But after that pair of opening tracks, you have to wait until the very last piece, a long, trancey bit of psychedelic drift called 'The Best Mamgu Ever,' to hear something more than unformed melodies and unstrung ideas.
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Some thrills and spills, then--like West Ham--and the first fifteen minutes are as good as you could hope for from a band coming back to life after an extended period on the sidelines.